Chapter 2: The Royal Test

Liubin got up very solemnly, walked to the center of the hall, looked at Li Shimin, looked into his eyes, knelt on the ground, and said: "Your Majesty, please forgive me, in fact, Weichen already has a candidate for a wife in his heart, although we don't have any ceremony, but in Weichen's heart, he has long been Wechen's wife, and ......"

"And ......" Liubin hesitated, hesitated for a while, and the words were still not said after all, he was not sure if his words could be accepted by Li Shimin, if not, if he showed his hole cards too quickly, he was not sure that he could protect the safety of Yunqing and Liuxia.

"And what?" Li Shimin raised his eyebrows slightly, smiled at the corner of his mouth, and looked forward to Liubin's next words.

"Moreover, Weichen really loves her, and Weichen once promised him that in this life, she will not marry." Liubin picked up what he had just said.

"Then why didn't you say it before?" Li Shimin asked.

"Wechen, Wechen really hesitated for a long time before, but things came one after another, Wechen really didn't find a suitable opportunity to explain this matter to the emperor, this time since the emperor mentioned it, Wechen also took this opportunity to explain to the emperor, and I hope that the emperor can fulfill this piece of Weichen's sincerity." Liubin said very sincerely, originally thinking about how to use a reasonable reason to prevaricate the emperor, but he found that he blurted out that he was telling the truth.

Li Shimin nodded, and then asked, "Then, which lady do you fall in love with?" Where is she now? ”

This question can be regarded as asking what Liubin minds the most, and it is also the most difficult hurdle in Yun Qing's heart, Yun Qing is always very inferior in front of Liubin, feeling that he is a little slave who came out of the Turks, and he is not qualified to compete with such a powerful general.

Yun Qing has always stood behind Liubin, silently giving everything she has, but she never dared to claim to be Liubin's wife, even if Liubin didn't care, but she couldn't not care, Liubin couldn't give her an identity guarantee, she always knew, she accepted, but she was afraid.

After all, she has been a slave under Li Junzhi for so many years, at least she still understands her words and feelings, she knows that people like Liubin who have entered the official career and are up and down in the officialdom have many things that they can't help themselves, and there are many things that she can't decide, such as marriage.

In fact, Yun Qing had already prepared for the worst in her heart, if one day, Liubin chose someone else because of some unavoidable factors, she would not blame him, this is a relief, she can take the child to live in seclusion, until one day, they are all old, if Liubin has not forgotten her, he will definitely come to her.

These Yun Qing's careful thoughts, Liubin didn't know, although they loved each other, but Yun Qing desperately wanted to escape from this shackle, but Liubin wanted this shackle to connect the two more closely, so that they were far from each other.

"She is a Turkic woman who is still in the Turks." Liubin's answer was rather cautious.

"Oh." Li Shimin pondered for a while, Liu Ning and the people below were already very nervous, Liu Ning stood up and wanted to say a few words for Liu Bin, but Liu Bin looked in the direction of Liu Ning, shook his head warningly, and signaled her not to stand up, Liu Ning could only sit down and wait for the result of the judgment.

"Today is a happy day," Li Shimin attracted everyone's attention as soon as he spoke, "Since Liubin has spoken, I will allow it." Liubin, bring that Turkic woman to Chang'an as soon as possible, and I will hold a grand wedding banquet for you, and I will fulfill you. ”

When Liubin heard this, he was overflowing with excitement, and hurriedly kowtowed to thank the emperor for his success. Liuning and Tang Changyu were also indescribably happy, the two looked at each other and smiled, Zhao Nan looked at Mingfu, Mingfu was also the same as himself, happy from the bottom of his heart, Zhao Nan looked at Wanyan who was sitting next to Li Shimin, he didn't know if she knew these things.

Zhao Nan felt that Wanyan was becoming more and more unfathomable, although she had been staying out of the matter, but Zhao Nan felt that he was in control of everything, Zhao Nan couldn't see what kind of information Wanyan's impeccable expression revealed, today was a happy day for everyone, and Zhao Nan was the same, so he didn't pay attention to Wanyan anymore.

After a long time, many people were already drunk, and the feast was finally over. Liuning, Tang Changyu, Liubin, Zhao Nan and Mingfu went home together, the wind blew away a lot of alcohol, and the five of them did not take the carriage, but walked on the already empty Chang'an Avenue.

The five of them were chattering about today's events, and Liuning's interest was even higher, and several people were discussing how to organize the wedding, and Zhao Nan came up with a lot of strange ideas.

Liuning asked Liubin: "Then are you going to tell your sister-in-law the good news quickly, or wait for her to come and give her a surprise?" Also, who are you going to send to pick up your sister-in-law, or let me go. ”

Liubin pushed Liuning's head and said, "This stupid boy, of course your brother and I will pick up your sister-in-law by myself, and don't tell Qingqing about this matter first, I want to surprise her." ”

Liuning nodded happily, now her wish can finally be achieved, although Liubin concealed that they already have a child, but the family of three who have been separated for so long finally has the opportunity to meet and reunite together, although there is a lot less in Chang'an City, but it is good to be together after all.

Three days later, Liubin set off happily and went to the way to the Turks, since the Turks surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, he and his sister gave birth to so many changes in Chang'an, every time Liubin walked back to the Turkic road, his heart was extremely heavy, only this time, his heart was indescribably relaxed.

But he didn't expect that as soon as he walked on the front foot, Chang'an set off a big storm.

It's also very strange to say that the center of the storm was Wanyan, but in the end, the most unharmed person was her, and the person who was supposed to stay out of the matter became the target of public criticism.

In fact, since last year, the Queen Mother's health has not been very good, and she has been sick intermittently.

Since the return of the victory, the queen mother's illness has been cured for two days, and it has recurred, and it is a common thing for elderly people to do this, but the emperor is particularly concerned about his mother, and when he saw that the imperial doctor in the palace could not cure the queen mother's illness, he invited Mr. Sage from the national temple.

Mr. Sage watched the sky at night, and did a whole day of rituals, turning around every corner of the palace, claiming that he was exorcising demons and catching monsters everywhere, and finally his eyes fell on Wanyan.

Mr. Sage said to the emperor that it was Wanyan's life and the Queen Mother's life that collided, and Wanyan's holy family was long, which belonged to the rising momentum, and the Queen Mother was lingering on the sickbed, and the day was waning, and the two of them were born and restrained each other, so naturally they could not be evenly matched, and the Queen Mother was gradually weakening, while Wanyan was gradually rising.

Originally, Li Shimin also knew that these were nonsense, but if he cared about it, he was chaotic. On one side is the queen mother he is concerned about, and on the other side is the woman he has loved for many years, but Mr. Sage seems to have intentions, and then said a lot of signs about Wanyan's rise, and Li Shimin is also a little suspicious and hesitant in his heart.

In fact, although Mr. Sage said some signs of deliberateness, but what he said was true, over the years, the crown prince lost power, the queen died, the queen mother was seriously ill, and no one in the harem could compare with Wanyan's power, Wanyan has been monopolizing the harem power for many years.

Moreover, Wanyan has the background of the Turkic princess behind her, and has a son under her knees, who was named as soon as she was born, and she was crowned the king of Jiang just after the full moon, and the fief to which the king of Jiang belongs is an important pass, and the water and grass are abundant here, and the land is abundant, which is the only way for all the grass and grain to be transported back to Beijing.

Li Shimin was not afraid of what the situation would be if Wanyan became independent in the harem one day, but he forced himself to believe that in fact, Wanyan really loved him, and in normal times, Wanyan did not show anything about power, so he was very relieved of her, until this time, he began to have some doubts.

Moreover, over the years, Li Shimin has felt more and more that he is old and powerless, but he has not found a suitable successor, and he also wants to know whether Wanyan is the person who can help him assist in the overall situation, if so, then it is the best, if not, it is not the person he trusts, and he must correct it quickly.

Li Shimin listened to a lot of nonsense about Wanyan, but the bad things spread thousands of miles, but the next day, the fable of Mr. Sage spread in the previous dynasty, and like the first Turkic war, the ministers were angry and strongly demanded that Wanyan's demon girl be beheaded to eliminate the harm for the Tang Dynasty.

Wanyan didn't fluctuate much when she heard these remarks later, as if she had learned that she would end up like this. After Li Shimin went to the court, he went to Wanyan, the only place where Li Shimin could completely relax and get out of the world he had been nervous about.

Li Shimin came to Wanyan's palace, Wanyan still served him as before, and after Wanyan arrived for Li Shimin's tea, she looked at him and waited for him to say something, but Li Shimin never said a word from beginning to end.

Wanyan couldn't bear it a little, so she asked Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, I have heard many remarks from the previous dynasty, and I don't know if the emperor has anything to say to me." ”

Li Shimin thought for a moment, looked at Wanyan carefully, and asked, "What those people said, did you really not do it?" ”

Wanyan raised her head to meet Li Shimin's eyes, smiled slightly, and shook her head.